Presentation
This presentation will feature:
NACCHO and CityMatCH co-produce "Emerging Issues in MCH" (E-MCH) webinars. E-MCH "75th Anniversary of Title V" Series: This year, each webinar will feature an MCH issue that was pervasive then and remains so now.
Back in 1913, the newly legislated Children’s Bureau conducted a study of "why babies died." In 2010, a peek at those first study results probably won't raise eyebrows, but they were once considered "revolutionary!"
For example, deaths of babies went down as family earnings went up. Lack of adequate sanitary conditions played a role. Breast-fed babies survived better. A baby with the mother home the first year of life had better outcomes than a baby deprived of focused care. *
In the nearly 100 years since that first study, myriad advances have been made across sectors: prenatal care, Medicaid, WIC, antibiotics, immunization, better public sanitation systems, smoking restrictions and bans, licensed day cares, to name a very few.
Yet, despite these efforts, US rates of infant mortality remain unacceptably high. Glaring disparities between racial and ethnic groups remain. What is being done? What can and should be done? What research is most promising?
As a result of this webcast, participants will be able to:
- Understand the history of US efforts to reduce infant mortality
- Describe some advances and successes in reducing infant mortality
- Learn about current/emerging science, research and vision for the future.
- Describe the role of local and health departments and other community organizations in infant mortality reduction programs
